Poppy cultivation not liberalized; specific varieties to be grown under supervision

Head of the Institute of Industrial and Medicinal Hemp Research stressed the need to build a sustainable supply chain of pharmaceutical raw materials in the country, saying: The spread of misinformation has led some to believe poppy cultivation has been liberalized, whereas cultivation remains a crime and only specific varieties may be grown, with licenses and under legal supervision.

The head of the Industrial and Medicinal Hemp Research Institute emphasized the necessity of creating a stable supply chain for medicinal raw materials in the country: the false dissemination of information made some people think that poppy cultivation is free; Cultivation is still a crime and only specific cultivars can be cultivated with a license and under legal supervision.